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, • . • 0 45Mcirs, C Serleants, and • 'soldiers. ais 'to add 'to' 'the very attPla detail taken 8 covered bread-waggons, sit hospital waggon, `w! l - 1 we yesteruay gave c f the Intelligence brottilt With medicines and' instruments, iworelocks with • ' boyonets, t) lesser ones, 4° sabres, 26 horses, and from Spain by Viscount 1‘.4 ATEROSA, and on rflL sundry provisions. ,i 2 , O DE LA VEGA, and our Readers may - rely upon Of the aforesaid brigade, whicb,,was.condutied 1 the accuracy of our statement. There can be no by Major CitceliNTELT'S detaciwgpt, from Teypo ;doubt but that the objeet for which these NoNeinen town, a small detachment of, Malmo, trader Capt. llatutes command, was sent to Saerliiika, iu order came to this Country was to solicit, and we have to take away a transport of ammunition, which, ac- every reason to believe that the British Goveru cording to certain accounts received, was placed meet is disposed to afford, the most pi ortim and etli there by the ,Russians. This expedition .was 'ex aeuted by Capt. MALSII with so much, rapidity and cacious assistance to the Spaniards, to enable them to propriety, .that the whole , transport, consisting of maintain their Independence. They will not, - like SS waggons, fell into our hands, together with a their Predecessors, " stand aloof and be idle s quantityof ammunition. `` Colonel SAW:IW also reports, that Captain OAHLSTIM has sent him au account that the peasants In Idensal!ni dist rid, when they received intelligence that Swedish troops were to be expe6ted, being appre, bensive that the Euetny might receive,an account of our arrival, and set fire to, or destroy his magazines, eager to bervt.their country, under tim .direr tion of !ER I K PLIKAININ, from Ideesalmi, attacked the . Ilussian escort at Valkiamacki au&Macklin, by the church of Idensalcui, took their mgazines, con sisting of about 200 waggon loads, killed 2, and wounded and made prisoners 49. men. " By this expedition has Captain SAHLSTEN, as wen as the peasants heretofore mentioned, shown in uncommon degree of zeal ; I have, therefore, as Mark of your Majesty's pleasure, and to encourage 'ethers, given the latter the medal for bravery,' to which I - have considered him so much more entitled, - as, After two shot had been fired by two of his com rades., by which one Russian was killed and another 'wounded, he was the first who rushed on the Erie zny, and gave encouragement to the lest of the pea *ants to follow him. On ow side,Mr.GoststEßaß, and Mr.Bonsmait, alto wore at:Mated by ,their zeal for the general good, were severely wounded, and one, peasant kill 'ed. This expedition was supported. by the Major and night BAtii, who, according to my late Re fat, with his detachment of I.ll.emtpeG's young re-, emits, in hit march from C.ijara to Vissita, at the litter place took a convoy of provisioes; with, six ate ha since marched thenCe,. in order to Dover the 'expedition at Idensalmi. Wars of the struggle." No intelligence had reached town from Cadiz when this Paper was put to Press, which is rather singular, as there is no doubt that Genera SOINCiR joined Admiral Puavis on the 16th ult. The chief Opposition Paper, adverting to the ac count of the present state denim in Spain, which we submitted to our Readers yesterday evening, ob serves, that if we give any assistance to the Spa- • nlards, we should " refrain from irritating their re ligious prejudices," and that " if Ministers cannot make up their minds to support the itomaneatho lic Religion in.:Spain, they had much better stand, aloof, and be idle speaators of the stroggle."—. Nothing can be more vSsurd or inconsistent with . humanity than such observations. ft is obvious that the Roman Catholic Religion is here forced into notice without the least plea of necessity. If we interfere in favour of the Spaniards our sole objeet will be to rescue an oppressed people from the dreadful bondage which • hangs over them ; and if we should happily render them diet:anal assistance, they will be left to the entire enjoyment of their re ligious principles when the struggle is over. But what must be thought of those Writers who, profess , ing to be advocates for liberty, and seeing the mi series that impend upon a People anxious to defend their independence, would advise the only Power on earth capable of rendering them assistance, and in fluenced by every disposition to help them in the glorious effort, to "stand aloof and be idle spectators of the struggle," that is, to suffer a btave and patriotic people to Sink under the bondage of the greatest Tyrant that the world ever saw. We are astonished that such sentiments could flow frotn the pen of those who bear the name of Englishmen, and that party spleen should dinate sat pitiful endea vonrs to obstruct the views of G6verntoent; if they can be succe'ssfutly carried into effect, since by ena bling Spain to secure her independence, we are, in elie6t, opposing that Power which aims at oat de , struCtion,ft well as the subjugation - of thatCoUutry. " Your Majesty's troops occupy nearly the same position is • " Our Fleet, - Which now arrived, has destroyed teveral bridges over the many rivers which run through this country ; it prevents all operations for at !nice fortnight, but sticure at the santetirne the po sitiOti of the army, and gives it an opportnnity of being better organised for the next stintmer's cam lit!gn; in the management of which 114Ete are many difficulties in this desolate country 'b ut which the 'teal of your Majesty's arniy will avour, to. con- Quer. " Msustl4.Kt.ittosrott, ." C. ADIAIIyatEUTt. " d3raheitad, May. 14, taos." (Then follows a Hat of ammunition taken tiom the enemy $t Sitettilka - • MAILS. 4.111V110....1 Dablitt t Gcottoburgh. EA) s—k Gotten. Wall—% Dublin, z Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS visti b.r wt TYv o'CLOCK. tonlol3 • • • /0 hi I 0111111,4111 • • z 4ii TUE SUN. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Printesses So rutA, AUGUSTA, and AMELIA, aceemnanred by Lady : GEORGIANA BE:LIMEY, General FITIROY, GAATII, and CAMPBELL, Hon. Mr. BITLKRLEY, and Colonel TAYtoa, rode in the Green Park, and re turned at twelve. SOLIM aidsks Avagi 4 t ? 401VDON, ITURSDAY, lIIKE 9, 1,9,08, On the authority of a letter from BermUtla, dated May 2) it was yesterday roundly and very generally asserted, that the President of the United States, Mr. JayEtaSON, was dead. The letter states, that an American Coasting Vessel had been fallen in with a British Cruiser, to whom this Isel was commu-, nicated at Sea. it does not seem, however, that It is borne 0141 by subsequent letters from Bermuda of the ';otli inst. which have been received, and aro si lent on the subjeCt ; nor does it appear that any contiimation of this report was communicated by the St. Michael, arrived at L'Orient, to any of the Officers of the British Squadron who visited her off that port. The St. Michael, we understand, has entered L'Orient under the same circumstances .as the ash& toracrly did, bear4ig dispatches for France, the anw. , er to which will influence the corn. municadon to be in,Ae to Britain. toes.? night a :Mail from Gotten/wet, nrrivecl, but • it does not bring any intelligence of importance. TLA Swedes continue auccetsful in Finland, and othote is reason to hope that the Emperor ALSXAN. DE R will, erelong, be convinced that he was rather precipitate In declaring that that Province was for ever annexed to his dominions. In Norway some 'light aatioris have taken place, which terminated in favour of the Swedes. The accounts from Prussia are of amelautholy nature. 800 Neit'AKTlti in defiance o f the Treaty of Tilsit, not only occuples- with his troops the greatar part of that oncepowertykingdom, but, under one pretence or other, seizes almost the Whole of its Revenues. The Prussian Army is now reduced , to SUUO men. In Hamburg!), to fiSures of lecreased rigour have beet, adopted to prevent all ltercourse with this Country, and some persons bave been put to death for violating the orders issued b Y the French Coininandant upon this subjed. By a Vemsei which. effeaed. her escape from Cha rente, on the 25th nit. by cutting her cables, we find that an order had been issue►t at all the Ports of France for laying ,a sirid Fanharg , o on .111 Vessels, without respe& to any flag whatever. No other in telligence cat' importance has been .received by this coureyance4 _ _ The Captain of a Vessel which arrived yesterday from the Dutch coast, states, that it was generally rumoured at the time of his departure, which was on the Ist instant, that the Prussians had' revolted against the French troops, and that the tevolt• had peen particulnriy formidable at Berlin arid Magde burgh. From the suite source we learn, that vast numberi of French troops 11A marched utf to wards the Rhine. The rednaion of the French Farce in Prussia May have encouraged this insur rection. Notwithstanding so many reports, it does not ap- Pe 3 r that any Disp:itclies have reached this Country from the Amerli:Jil Government.. Mr. BAKI3I, Who "led in the Si. ftuichi.ut from lialtioloro oil the sth ult. with Dispatches for ameral Akt NISTItqN G 3 at Paris, was accompanied by Mr. Pint v rektme, who was entrusted with Dispatches to Mr,PiNClitlel" and to the British Government. The St. was ordered to proceed to L'Orient, but she was met just before that Port by a British Man of . War. The British Commander understanding that a _Mes 'tiger was on board the AillittiC2tl Ship, With 1.):5- Patches fur this Country, oared him a passage. Thy Messenger, however, being ordered to go first to France, declined the offer. It is by no M eans improbable that Mr. PURVEYANCB is detained at L'Orient, as was lately the case with Mr. NOURSe, and it may be necessary to send to Bayonne for the consent of BLIONAPAATE to emetic him to proceed to this Country and therefore we shall be for some terse in suspense respeaing the nature d these pis Pitches, as the French Ruler will not bOn 8 hurry le ) accommodate us with the knowledge.!- AN CCPOTE.--Ai the chief hope for the deliver ance of Spain from Gallic Despotism, next to the spirit of the people, scents to rest upon the efforts of the Duke LEINFANTADO, the following anecdote is particularly interesting at the present moment.-- An ancestor of this Nobleman, a toriner Duke IYIN. F ANT ADO, being desired by the King of SPtLN to lend his mansion, at Madrid, to the Constable Da BOURBON, who had basely abandoned his legitimate Monarch, FRANPIS the First, of France, gave the following magnanimous answer :—" I cannot refuse your Majesty the favour you desire; but you must excuse me, If, when the Occasion is over, I raze to the ground a house which, being polluted by the residence of a traitor, will be no longer a fit habi tation for a man of honour . Most anxiously do we hope that the descendant of the illustrious No bleman, who could' utter such dignified sentiments, w ill he found to inherit the same high spirit, and that it will be successfully owned la supporting the independence of his Country. JAM.ri !CZ PAPERS. IC:Nonotr, APRIL 16.—0 n Wednesday morning Ilk Grace the. Duke of MANCHESTER reviewed*the 54th regiment of foot, commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel L“Ani), at Stoney-Itig. La Franchise Frigate, of 36 guns, Ca t. Disn wom, arrived the 'saiiiis4ay from Portsmouth hav ing under her convoy the Vessels meritiened in the 'list of arrivals. General VII.LETT'ES, Lieutenant- Govetnot 'afid Comllhand4 of the forces in this Island, Aftv h iur Dicbcv,Ns; his Secretary, and Captain NIALINtiLL, and Messrs. STAPLETON and TuitiE TOit, in his suite, came passengers in her, Shortly after her coming to anchor she was saluted by a dis charge of 17 guns from F&t Charles, which she im mediately returned. La 'Franchise sailed froM Pons Mouth on the 21 st February, in company with the star Sloop of War, of 18 guns, Captain SINIPSON, and about 80 Sail of Merchantmen, bound to the West Indies. they arrived M Madeira on the 2d ultimo, and quitted that Island on the following day. On the 3 1st the Fleet anchored in Carlisle-Bay, find on. the 4th in stant thosi; for this Island proceeded on their .voyage. y • La Franckie ,brought Prato Port-Royal with her the French Privateer Lugger•Le HazArd, pierced for 14 guns, hilt having only four mounted, with st) men, which be captured on the 23d of February off Scilly. • The Legislature of Nova *Scotia, at their late. Ses sion, passed a vote, appropriating toe Pounds to 'tklrchaAeu sword or piece of plate; th be Presented, in behalf of the Province, to Vice-Admiral BEltiiE , LEY. Governor WENTWORTII returned the vote to the Legislature with the following Message " Gentlemen of the House of Assembly., " Having fully considered the Vote communi cated to me, for granting one hundred Nun& to Vice-italmtral BERKELEY, for a sword or piece of plate, it appears to be objeEtionable in so many re . speds, that I fed it my duty to decline giving my assent to it. " 1. WENTWORTH." " Government notlie, Lieut. Viot,prr, .his 'Officers and 'Crew, late of La llaposa Brig, arrived in the Tweed Sloop of War on Friday, last week, On th'e nith of February, La Reposa, passing the Ro§ario Islands, near Car thagena, descried five Sail of small Vessels, which she immediately gave chace to; when, on finding her approaching them, they anchored, and formed in a lititt of deferiee; a menace which did not, how ever, prevent Lieut: VIOLUT from attacking them. He instantly resolved to run La Raposn in amongst them, which appeared by the chart very praelicable; but, while bearing up to attack the enemy, she tin• fortunately struck on a shoal, only a league from the shore, although the moment before she had been in ten fathoms water. The Enemy, immediately taking advantage of La Raposa's unfortunate situation, approaciied and at tacked her in a raking position, which she returned with the only gun she could possibly bring to hear Notwithstanding the continued fire of the Enemy Lieut. - I Viota7'r used every exertion to extricate La .&porti with anchors, &c. but, in conseque`nee of the strong breeze, and the Vessel having got aground to windward of a shoal that ran a great way further out than the one she struck on, their exertions proved of no service, even although the guns, provisions, &c. had been thrown overboard. Finding every effort to extricate themselves prove fruitless, the Officers, in two small boats of La ria pata, volunteered their services to endeavour to cap ture one of the enemy's vessels for the purpose of bringing her to their assistance ; but Lieutenant VIOLATTi perceiving the enemy's superiority of numbers and force, deemed it most advkable to re cal them, and being convinced, of the, impossibility ex tricating 'La Raposa from her perilous got the men safely out, and immediately blew her ups-she, at the time, lying on her broadside with the loss of her keel and rudder. .Lieutenant Viot.rer, his °dicers and Crew, were made. prisoners, and taken to Carthlgen; Where they were confined in prison, and treated with the greatest inhumanity by the Governor, which Lieu. tenant VIOLETT very spiritedly remonstrated against. The Naval. °dicers and inhabitants of that place, however, behaved to them with the greatest kind, ness. The rohowing is the form that was opposed to La liapsa:— A Schooner, one 24- pounder and 40 men ; a Sloop, two 36-pounders and men 4 two ditto, one 24-pounder and 40 men each ; a Feluc.:a, ono 12. pounder and a; men; and a Launch with tt men.--Total, 6 guns and 2a7 men. La Raposa bad only 12 guns and 55 men, CORN EkCHIANGE, JUN,. g.--. Wheat for to-day's Market is in middling supply, mare than the de mand, 'and sales thereof are heavy at rather lower prices; Barley likewise; Malt and Pease vary but little ; Beans of the two kind are cheaper; there are large supplies of Oats, and this tr ide is also quoted cheaper ; 11414 Seed this week is lOwer ; and Flour hardli supp.)riai the quutation! g:AViAI ____l\T E Vv - Si- .... . FALMOU'rifyi/UNE 6.—Arriv 'd this day the brig /ifeicurp, tllit if. ' Bitowit, .froM LiVerpoiii, to watt con'vuy for . l,l Malta ; the Private Brig o f W ar Slag, Capt. Eta, from Gijon (Astoria)°, with two Spanish Gentlemen of distinelion, and four servants, being deputed by the ProVisional Gaverninent of the ~Prov inces of giscay and Astoria to proceed to this Coun try for assistance 'to repel the tyrants r , lFrance : i, i . thi's pOrPose.those Provinces have appointed his Ex. celleney Si, I). JOAQU4I DB NPRIA, and i‘larquis tht SANTA CII'LIZ lib: NIERIgNA6 l a Corntn:inder in Chief, who has issued a Proclamation, hearing date 0, ied6, tf 5 tit May, inviting all that were capable to take up ait-tIV, Above feo,ooo had already repaired ,1,1 ~ to Oviedo. 'tn . these Provinces they have about 100,000 stand of arms, but are very short of ammu:. nition : they litVve had frequent intercourse with the Provinces of Galicia, - Leon, Arragon, and Catalonia, and it is expecled ere this the whole have been called out. The French soldiers in Spain are also said to be disaffeaed towards their present rulers, The Spanish Troops are very numerous in Portugah and are immediately expe&ed to join the Portuguese, empw.gry...l PLYIVOtirk JUMP. 7.—Sailel the bnpoturzt.z, of guns, Capt. LAWFORD, to the Eastward; Sokbay Frigate for Portsmouth ; and Iris, \VARA:pi., for Gottenburgh. DEAL, ~utrg B.—Arriwti His Nlajesty'a Ships Clyde, Cotingycl4to 0 :vrt N, from Heligoland ;... Kan. gar oo from a cruize; and Escort with convoy from Parts Mout h . .,, .1:1 Sailed tbl gggaroo and Mariner on a crilizT. SHEERNESS, JUNE EL—Sailed the British Fair Cut :er for Yarmouth. The Sir Fidncis BUrdett, Gravesend Passage Boat, is taken up as a Cartel, and sailed on Siiti;lay for Holland, from Gillingham, with a number of Dutch Fishermen and other Prisoners. HMS PAST FIVE.--Caire down fr:orn Long Reach His M. jesty's Ship Warspite, of 74 guns, Hun. Cap. BLACKWOOD, to the Great Nore. Sailed tlieW4 Gun-brig 19r Deal. . . MARCHIONESS Or DOWNSIIIRE.—WC. C3IIHOt avoirt taking'sopie notice of a Letter from this Lady en the CATHOLIC QUESTION, which appeared in a Morning Paper of yesterday, and wleeli the fair Author evidently wishes to have cirenlated over Jrelanti.---We have no d ,eC,t that the Marc!'lioness is . a sens ibl e wo m an , and (inllifiect to adorn private life, but we do not conceive that she keeps within t.he sphere of aftion allotted to her sex, however high her rank, when she ventures to send forth her thoughts to the world at large upon a subjeet of the utmost imperrance to the United Kingdom, and Which bar-rrft on afforded scope • for the discus sions of LeMative wisdom, which, upon so weighty a' inattgt, certainly can soma in no need of female ,counsets.—We are of opinion- with Dr. JOHIOON, that matters must be in a very hi mentable state when " Ladies iVerpbse," in national concerns, and we are much inclined to hope that somebody most have assumed the respeelable signs tore of the Marchioness on this occasion, to invest party-spirit with a more alluring form in order to give the greater efficacy to its misehief.--The letter observes, that the pehlio mind, impelled byliiiii ciples of jostice and of policy, inculcated by Jul many wise, able, and good men, is progressive in its (Coe claim of the lrish.Catholics) favour."—That some men of this description, not fully acquainted with the subject, and consequently not sufficiently ' aware of what might be the result, are favourably disposed 'towards ; this claim, we have no doubt, bet that many prof ete the agitation of the subject from motives of atr,'. , ition, desire of place, nod a de , , termination *to Livery thing in their power to embarrass Ministers, i 3 too probably the case.— As to the put4lio mind, frum all we can bear, it is decidedly in favour of our good old Constitution,' which %yes once dreadfully ob scured by the clouds , of Popery, but those clouds ‘eere happily dispersed by the wise Statesmen and virtuous Patriots. to Whom we ate indebted - for.that gevolution which .has founded the 'rights of the . subjea upon a rock - that - will stand for ever, it we do 'not listen, to the counsels of weak Or ki" icked men who want to re►mov© it. . If this letter should have been gramd with the Marchioness of DowNsoten's name without her authority, we shall much regret that the temper of the times should give such licenee to party-spirit, but if it really: came from,the Lady herself, we sincerely hope that she will lease a sub-' jea of such " high matter," 'to use an 'expression of Mr. Beans, to the Wisdom of the Legishrnare, which most be much better able to decide upon the rues ' sure best catculated'lo promote the i n te rests an d secure the happinear i a the Empire. Advice is received from the North of Sc u tl ln d, , a large Danish TM*der, cruizing between Orkney Islands and Shetfant; she has captured the Norco. DARNeLL, from Yarmouth to Olueboc, ad two others, and gone in quest of more. Her MAJESIY, it is said, has granted a pension of .001. a year to Mrs..lVbrrocits, who has long been a favourite with the ROYAL FAMILI, far her loyal spirit, as well as her talents as an aareas. To the credit of this adress, it should be related that she , would long since have been able to retire from the stage, if she had nut rendered herself responsible for the consequences of some theatrical entei prizes in which her late Husband had , embarked, but which were attended with an unpro4l:4•rous issue. The unanimous,offitr made to Government some time au, I,y the ..Royal St. Andrew's Reoitnent of Fife Volunteers, to. , Ucto . rne Local been accepted of by his MAJrSTY. ()n Nion,lay Lord DARLINGTOI; entertained a se. leM party to dinner, at his house in King-street, St. hues's.